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  2. Whip antenna - Wikipedia

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    Whip antenna on portable FM radio receiver Whip antenna on car. A whip antenna is an antenna consisting of a straight flexible wire or rod. The bottom end of the whip is connected to the radio receiver or transmitter. A whip antenna is a form of monopole antenna. The antenna is designed to be flexible so that it does not break easily, and the ...

  3. Antenna types - Wikipedia

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    A whip antenna with several rods extending horizontally from base of the whip in a star-shaped pattern, similar to an upside-down radiate crown, that form the artificial, elevated ground plane that gives the antenna its name. The ground plane rods attach to the ground wire of the feedline, the other wire feeds the whip.

  4. Omnidirectional antenna - Wikipedia

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    The quarter-wave monopole, the most compact resonant antenna, may be the most widely used antenna in the world. The five-eighth wave monopole – length 0.625 λ , or ⁠ 5 / 8 ⁠ of a wavelength – is also popular, since at that length monopoles direct the greatest proportion of their radiated power horizontally, hence the best use of ...

  5. File:Ground plane antenna diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Diagram of a ground plane antenna, a common omnidirectional monopole antenna used at VHF and UHF frequencies. It consists of a vertical whip antenna one quarter wavelength long, with 3 or 4 quarter wave rods extending from the base electrically connected to the ground side of the transmission line.

  6. Antenna (radio) - Wikipedia

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    An example of a low-gain antenna is the whip antenna found on portable radios and cordless phones. Antenna gain should not be confused with amplifier gain, a separate parameter measuring the increase in signal power due to an amplifying device placed at the front-end of the system, such as a low-noise amplifier.

  7. Television antenna - Wikipedia

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    A 'whip' antenna at the side of a Casio portable TV. Some portable televisions use a whip antenna. [6] This consists of a single telescoping rod about a meter (3.3 feet) long attached to the television, which can be retracted when not in use. It functions as a quarter-wave monopole antenna.